"Yes, the first phase runs from here to Taiyu Town, with six stops in total. There are plans for a second and third phase afterward."
Takuma said, "Back when I hadn't retired yet, I was also responsible for the construction budgets in this area... Now Huai Shi Construction has grown several times larger, and we still don't have enough hands."
"It's only temporary prosperity. Once the city's renovation and construction are complete, only then will it truly be able to stand on its own if it can maintain this scale outside the sheltered environment."
Huai Shi shook his head, unconcerned.
"Boss, you don't like it?" Takuma asked, puzzled.
"Yeah, I don't."
Huai Shi walked ahead.
"Why?"
"Look. Tamba Hydropower, Tamba Electric, Tamba Logistics... Huai Shi Construction, Huai Shi Trading Company... Aren't they all part of the same family?"
Huai Shi sighed helplessly. "In the end, the group has grown so large because Tamba is rebuilding from ruins and still lacks the ability to sustain itself. If we let things continue unchecked, allowing our scale to keep expanding and squeezing the survival space of other businesses, then Tamba won't have much of a future either."
It was easy to foresee that if this continued, then no matter how good the original intentions had been, the endless monopoly profits would sooner or later turn it into some garbage company that treated people with beastlike traits as cash machines.
"Besides, I can't possibly do everything in the world by myself, can I? Other people need to put in some effort too."
Huai Shi paused, then said seriously, "Takuma, I can't rebuild Tamba on my own."
"Boss, you're still thinking so far ahead." Takuma shook his head. "But without you, this city would never have become what it is now. This place is already